Fishing lure



Patented Sept. 30, i952 FISHING VLUR-E WilliamE, Gantsehe, Jr., New London, Wis. Application July .29, 1949, Serial 'No. 107,555

1 This invention relates to a novel construction of. fishing lure having a rigid shaft or rod eliminatingthe use of, wire snaps conventionally used tolform .a joint between .the shaft or rod sections of a lure and which cause anglers considerable trouble bybecoming unhookedand also by breaking and thereby rendering v the lure useless.

A important object of the present invention is to. provide'a lure or bait which can be castwith greater ease and similarto a plug rather than like a conventional bucktail and which is almost impossible tot'angle as frequently occurs in casting baits having. jointedshaft or rod sections.

A further and particularly important object of the present invention-is to provide a lure or bait wherein the hair issecured to the rigid shaft or rod and the fishhook detachably connected to an end of said rod or shaft thereby enabling fishhooks of different sizes to be applied to the lure without otherwise disturbing theilure and which is impossible with conventional lures where the hair is tied to the hook shank.

Still a further and particularly important object and advantage of the present invention residesin the fact that the hook by being fastened beyond the secured endof the hair can not interfere with the action ofthe hair when the lure isdrawn through thewater and will not become tangled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lure'wh'erein'the hook is free to'drop down relatively to the hair or bucktail and accordingly has a tendency, when the lure is taken by a fish, to fall to-the bottom of the fishs mouth so that a slight pr'essure on the lure will set the hook in the .jaw of the fish.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a lure wherein the hook extends to adjacent the trailing end of the lure so that a fish will be hooked thereby even on a very short strike which would ordinarily only nip the bucktail.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a lure which has a freer retrieve than conventional bucktail lures and wherein the hair streams back a sufficient distance to cover the hook while being drawn through the water yet permits sufficient freedom of the hook to permit it to fall to the bottom or side when the lure is taken by a fish for exposing the barbed end of the hook to insure setting of the lure in the fish's mouth and to prevent the fish from throwing the lure from its mouth.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the t 1 Claim. (Cl. 43-42.11)

the invention, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side, elevational view of in side elevation thereof taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 2-'-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of another form of the lure.

Referring more specifically to the drawing; and first with. reference to the form of the invention as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the novel lure or bait in its entirety is designated generally 5; and includes an elongated leader or shaft 6 oi sufficiently heavy gauge wire to be substantially. rigid and which is provided with an eye l at its leading end and with a similar eye 8 at its trail ing end. One end of a conventional swivel 9 is? connected to the eye 1 and has an end of a fishing line or leader l0 connected to the opposite end. of'said swivel. The leader or shaft 6 is provided: with an enlargement ll intermediate of its'endsj forming an annular shoulder which faces toward itsforward end or the eye '1 to provide a stopfor a sleeve l2 which is rotatably mounted on'the' shaft 6 between the enlargement II and the eye I and which bears rotatably against the for wardly facing shoulder of said enlargement. The forwardvend of the sleeve l2 which is remotet ol the enlargement H, is provided with an annular flange or enlargement I3 against which a bail or loop M of wire bears. The bail or loop [4 loosely engages the leader or shaft 6 between its forward eye I and the sleeve 12 and the terminals or legs thereof are suitably'secured to a jsideiof one end of a spinner l5 whichisth'ereb'y mounted for rotation around the forward portion of the shaft 6.

A bucktail I6 is secured at one end thereof by wrappings I! to the leader or shaft 6 between its enlargement H and its trailing eye 8 and the free end of said bucktail l6 extends rearwardly from its forward end, which is secured by the wrappings H, to substantially beyond thedrawing, illustrating preferred embodiments of i a pres ferred form of the improved fish lure or baity Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view partly;

hairs of which stream rearwardly to beyond the trailing end of said fishhook.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that the lure or artificial bait 5 may be readily cast due to the fact that the shaft 5 thereof is rigid, rather than being jointed as in conventional lures so that the fishhook 2| cannot become tangled with a section of the shaft. The rigidity of the shaft 6 will permit the lure 5 to be cast similarlyto a plug and the bucktail it will tend to hold the fishhook 2! in an extended position while casting. In retrieving the lure 5 after casting, the spinner [5 will revolve freely aboutv the shaft 6 as the lure is drawn throughthe water and the long, straight line construction of the lure enables it to be retrieved or drawn through the water more freely and with the hairs of the bucktail l6 streaming back to cover the hook. With the bucktail secured, as previously described and as illustrated in Figure 1 and with he f rward part. f. the shaftfi pr vide w thth spinner 15, the lure, ,will wiggle when drawn through thewater tovery realistically simulatea live fish bait. The hookjt hasatendency to drop to-the bottom or one side ofthe buoktail It so h t when fish. s r kesth buckta t eh k. readily setsitself in thegbottom orone sideof the mouth of the fish, making it substantially impossible forafishrto strike the bucktail Without one of the barbed ends 22 becomingset in the fishs mouth and substantially preventing a, fish from grabbing thebucktail and thereafter throwing itqfrom its mouth. Since the barbed ends 22 of the hook 2 l, are disposed adjacent the trailing end ofthe-bucktail iii-and are free to swing relatively to the bucktail, even though a fish merely nips the trailingend oi the bucktail in most cases this willresult in the fish being hooked due to the free movement. of the hook relatively to the bucktail.

Whe a onv n ona fish lures ave t e b ck-7 tail secured to thehoqkshanks so that ,anentirely new, 'unit must beprovidedto change the size, of

the .hook,.with the lure 5, the fishhook eye 19 can bereadily disengaged from the split ring l8 and a hook of a smaller or largersize quickly andeasily substituted for the hook2l and without other wise disturbing or disassembling thelure 5.

, Figure 3 illustrates anotherform of the fish lure, designated generally, 23 and which differs from the lure 5 in, th at. the lure 23 is provided with a relatively short rigid leader or, shaft 24,

having an eye 25 at its leadi endand an eye 26 at its trailing end The .eye25 is conne ted to a swivel 21 havingva lineorleader 28 fastened to its opposite end andtheeye 26 is connected to a split ring 29 corresponding to the splitring l8 and to which a multi-barbed fishhook 3B is detachably connected in the same manner as previously described with reference to the fishhook 2|. The fishhook 30 likewise corresponds to the fishhook 21 or may be of a smaller or larger size. A bucktail 3|, corresponding to the bucktail I6 is secured by wrappings 32 to the rod or shaft 24 between the eyes 25 and 2G and has the hairs thereof extending rearwardly to beyond the free end of thefishhook 3U. 'I-he-spinner l5, sleeve l2 and enlargement H of' the lure 5 are omitted from the lure 23. Otherwise, the action and use or the lure 23 corresponds to the lure 5 and a further description thereof is therefore considered unnecessary.

varioudmodifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claim.

c aim. a my, v i n:

An artificial fishing lure comprising a rigid leader of substantiallength a stop fixed, to theleaderintermediate of theendslthereo f, a bucktail rigid w h n endq the e d r a d e ten ing a substantial distance beyond that end .there-.- f. s d ad r havin a eye, a hatend hav the bucktail and within the bucktail, a hook having means at one endthereof pivotedto theeye,

the length of the hook being less than thelength of the bucktail, said hook being adapted to be completely located within the bucktail, a sleeve loosely mounted on the leader and adapted to.

abut the stop, a spinner rotatably mounted on the leader and adapted to contact the sleeve, said step, sleeve and leader being ofsucha lengthand the bucktail so closely confining the hook that the hook is incapable of contacting the spinner during a castin operation.

ELQAU'IECI-IE', JR,

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